Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a preset function is executed at a location of the mobile terminal in case that the mobile terminal initiates a battery charging using a wireless charging power generated from an external wireless charging medium. The present invention includes initiating a charging of a battery of a terminal by receiving a wireless charging power generated from an external wireless charging medium, if the charging of the battery is initiated, obtaining a current location of the terminal, searching a memory of the terminal for a function preset to the obtained location of the terminal, and controlling an operation of the found function.

1 . A mobile terminal, comprising:
 a battery;   a display unit configured to display information;   a wireless communication unit configured for a wireless communication;   a position location unit configured to recognize a location of a terminal;   a memory having at least one function mapped to at least one location of the terminal;   a charging unit configured to charge the battery by receiving a wireless charging power generated from an external wireless charging medium; and   a controller controlling an operation relating to wireless charging of the battery,   wherein the controller configured to recognize a current location of the terminal via the position location unit when a wireless charging of the battery is initiated via the wireless charging medium, to search the memory for a function mapped to the recognized location of the terminal, and to control an operation relating to the searched function.   
     
     
         2 . The mobile terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the wireless charging medium generates the wireless charging power in accordance with one of magnetic induction and magnetic resonance. 
     
     
         3 . The mobile terminal of  claim 1 , wherein at least one function is further mapped to at least one time zone in the memory, and
 wherein the controller recognizes a current time zone when a wireless charging of the battery is initiated, searches the memory for a function mapped to the recognized time zone, and further controls an operation relating to the searched function.   
     
     
         4 . The mobile terminal of  claim 1 , wherein at least one function is further mapped to at least one location of the terminal and at least one time zone in the memory, and
 wherein the controller searches the memory for a function mapped to a current location of the terminal and a current time zone, and further controls an operation relating to the searched function.   
     
     
         5 . The mobile terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the searched function is a use lock or a use unlock for functions loaded in the terminal entirely or in part, and
 wherein the controller locks or unlocks a use of the functions when the wireless charging of the battery is initiated.   
     
     
         6 . The mobile terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the searched function is a touch lock or a touch unlock of a screen of the display unit, and
 wherein the controller locks or unlocks a touch to the screen of the display unit when the wireless charging of the battery is initiated.   
     
     
         7 . The mobile terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the searched function is a response function corresponding to at least one event, and
 wherein the controller executes the response function corresponding to an occurred event when the occurrence of the event is detected in the course of wireless charging the battery.   
     
     
         8 . The mobile terminal of  claim 7 , wherein the event is a call or message reception from an external terminal, and
 wherein the response function is a function of transmitting data for an automatic answering to the received call or message to the external terminal.   
     
     
         9 . The mobile terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the searched function is a display function of information indicating an occurrence of a specific event, and
 wherein the controller displays the information indicating an occurred event when the occurrence of the event is detected in the course of wireless charging the battery.   
     
     
         10 . The mobile terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the searched function is a display function of information indicating at least one selected from the group consisting of a wireless charging progress status, a wireless charging efficiency and a remaining wireless charging time of the battery, and
 wherein the controller displays the information when the wireless charging of the battery is initiated.   
     
     
         11 . The mobile terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the searched function is an execution function of at least one preset content, and
 wherein the controller executes the preset content when the wireless charging of the battery is initiated.   
     
     
         12 . The mobile terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the searched function is an execution function of at least one content generated or obtained by the terminal for a preset period of time, and
 wherein the controller searches the terminal for the at least one content generated or obtained for the preset period of time when the wireless charging of the battery is initiated, executes the searched at least one content and displays a corresponding executed screen on the display unit.   
     
     
         13 . The mobile terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the searched function is a transmission function of a preset content to at least one preset external device situated in the vicinity of the terminal, and
 wherein the controller controls the wireless communication unit to transmit the preset content to the external device in order for the external device to receive and execute the content.   
     
     
         14 . The mobile terminal of  claim 13 , wherein if at least two external devices exist, the controller receives a corresponding device information from each of the at least two external devices, searches the external devices for at least one external device available for an execution of the content based on the received device information, and transmits the content to the found at least one external device. 
     
     
         15 . The mobile terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the searched function is a display function of a first user interface (hereinafter abbreviated UI) for an operation command for a preset external device situated in the vicinity of the terminal, and
 wherein the controller displays the first UI when the wireless charging of the battery is initiated, transmits a signal corresponding to an inputted command to the external device in order for the external device to perform an operation corresponding to the inputted command if the command is inputted via the first UI.   
     
     
         16 . The mobile terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the searched function is a second UI display function for an execution of a preset content, a transmission of a frame of a corresponding executed screen to a preset external device situated in the vicinity of the terminal and an operation command for the content, and
 wherein the controller transmits an executed screen frame of the content to the external device by real time via the wireless communication unit when the wireless charging of the battery is initiated, then displays the second UI, applies an operation corresponding to an inputted command to the executed content if the command is inputted by the second UI, transmits the executed screen frame of the applied content to the external device.   
     
     
         17 . The mobile terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the searched function is an update initiating function of at least one software of which update is prepared, interrupted or reserved, and
 wherein the controller initiates the update of the at least one software when the wireless charging of the battery is initiated.   
     
     
         18 . The mobile terminal of  claim 17 , wherein if there are at least two softwares of which updates are prepared, interrupted or reserved, the controller controls the updates of the at least two softwares to proceed in order of a power consumption size of the battery or a preset priority. 
     
     
         19 . The mobile terminal of  claim 1 , wherein a corresponding charging efficiency information is further mapped to a location of each of at least two external wireless charging medium in the memory,
 wherein the searched function is a display function of information indicating charging efficiencies of the wireless charging mediums within a region in which the terminal is situated, and   wherein the controller recognizes a current region including a preset radius in which the terminal is situated via the position location unit when the wireless charging of the battery is initiated, searches the memory for the wireless charging mediums situated within the recognized current region, and displays the information indicating the charging efficiencies of the searched wireless charging mediums.   
     
     
         20 . A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
 receiving a wireless charging power from an external wireless charging medium;   initiating a wireless charging of a battery of the terminal using the received wireless charging power;   recognizing a current location of the terminal when the wireless charging of the battery is initiated;   searching a memory of the terminal for a function preset to the recognized location of the terminal; and   controlling an operation relating to the searched function.